剑桥考试每年3月和9月举办，包括听、说、读写三部分。考试成绩盾牌为准，每个部分都是5个盾，人们常说的满盾就是把15个盾全部获得。不过满盾的获得并不是说一道题都不能错，而是在每个部分中可以错一两道题。

剑桥少儿英语分为一级、二级、三级共三个级别。

一级适合6-8岁的儿童，需要经过大约240学时的英语学习，掌握近400个词汇，能够简单描述家庭、学校、朋友、自己、体育运动和业余活动等主题，涉及年龄、外貌、颜色等概念，二级适合8-11岁的儿童，经过大约420学时的英语学习，掌握约600个词汇，具体描述的概念扩展到天气、健康、环境、动作、职责等，三级适合9-12岁，经过大约600学时的英语学习，掌握1000个词汇，能够运用学过的词汇讲述自己生活中的人和事，词汇量可达到教育部规定的初中毕业要求。

英文信函分为混合式和齐头式。

混合式：每一段的首行缩进两格。落款在信末中间靠右下的位置。 齐头式：信的所有内容都靠左，段与段之间空一行。

英文信函的习惯用法，由以下几个方面组成：

(1)信头 The heading

信头是指信纸上印刷或打印的企业名称、厂称、地址、电话号码、电报挂号、主管人姓名等。通常情况下，公司都会专门印制带有信头的信笺纸，包括发信人的姓名，地址，电话，传真等。当我们撰写传统信件时，直接使用这种信笺纸就可以。

(2)编号和日期 The reference number and the date

方便以后查信使用。Your ref: (你方编号) Our ref: (我方编号)

日期通常打印在信头的右下方位置，或在寄信人姓名和地址的下方位置。日期的英式写法是日、月、年;美式写法是月、日、年。为了避免误解，日期、年份用数字表示，月份则用英文表示，第一个字母要大写，也可用缩写。比如May，1998(美式写法);1，May，1998(英式写法)。

(3)信内地址 The inside address

与信封上的收信人名称和地址相同，通常打印在信纸的左侧，低于日期位置2—4行，也可在签字位置下2—4行。

书写收信单位名称时，应特别尊重对方的习惯，不能随意增删公司名称前的冠词The，也不能随意改用繁写及缩写，如Company与Co.之间不能互换，否则会被认为是不礼貌的行为。收信人地处的书写格式与信封相同。

(4)称谓 The salutation

在英文信函中，相同于“阁下”、“先生”等类礼貌性称谓，常用Dear sirs”;称呼企业，公司的妇女组织常用Madams，Ladies;无具体收信人姓名用Dear Sir or Madam 称呼收信者。

收信人是个人，就应在收信人姓名之前加称谓，如Mr.(先生)，Mrs.(夫人)，Miss(小姐)，Hon(用于称呼市长、部长、大使等)，Pres.(总经理、会长、总统等)，Prof.(教授)等等。

(5)开头语The open sentences

开头语没有统一的格式，但习惯上先用客套的语句把收到对方来信的日期，主题及简单内容加以综

合叙述，使对方一目了然这是答复哪一封去信的。如果是第一次通信，也可以利用开头语作必要的自我介绍，并表明目的要求。开头语一般与正文分开，自成一节，要求简单明了。

(6)正文 The body of the letter

正文的地位和内容与中文书信相同。在英文商业信函中，信文从称谓下两行起书写，行间相距一行，段落间空两行。信文以占信纸的四分之三为宜，四周留出一定空白，每一行左起第一字要取齐，右起第一字不必一律取齐，但尽量要考虑到整齐美观。

(7)结尾语The closing sentences

结尾语一般用来总结文本所谈的事项，提示对收信人的要求，如“希望来信来函定货”，“答复询问”等，另外也附加一些略带客套的语气。正文结束后，另起一段写结尾语。

(8)结束语 The complimentary close

英文商业信函的结尾是写信人的谦称，相当于“敬上”的意思。若收信者为公司，谦称则常用：Yours Truly，Truly Yours，Yours faithfully等;若收信者为个人，则常用：Yours sincerely，Sincerely yours等。需要注意的是，结尾的.谦称后必须加逗号。

(9)签署 The signature

签署由两部分组成，一是写信人的签名，二是打印出的写信人的姓名。签名用钢笔或圆珠笔写在结尾谦称下5行的位置内。尽量不要用印章，用印章的话，说明该信件并非本人亲自过目，只是通函而已，不为人重视。为易于辨认，在签名下还应打印姓名，有时还将职衔一并打印。常见的职衔有：Chairman of the Board of directors(董事长)，President或Genera1 Manager(总经理)，Director(董事)，Stand Director(常务董事)，Manager(经理)，Head of Department(职员)，Manageress(女经理)，Head of a Department(处长)，Section chief(科长)等。

需要指出的是，写信人如要代表企业单位或代理签署时，应在结尾谦称下打印出全部大写的企业单位名称，然后才签署，以表明该信不是以写信人个人身份写的，信由所述事宜均由企业单位负责。

(10)附件 Enclosure

如果信中有附件，应在左下角注明Encl. 或Enc.。

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